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United States Patent | 5,546,723 |
Jones | August 20, 1996 |
A wood sill reinforcing plate for use with anchor bolts embedded in a concrete foundation and extending upward and a wood sill having openings which receive the outwardly extending anchor bolts. A plate member having an opening extending through the plate member and with the opening having a dimension slightly larger than the diameter of the anchor bolt. A plurality of gripper prongs integral with the plate member and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plate member for embedding the gripper prongs into the wood sill to lock the plate member around the anchor bolt with the anchor bolt extending through the opening in the plate member.
Inventors: | Jones; Robert G. (Arcadia, CA) |
Assignee: | Harlen Metal Products, Inc. (Compton, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 169227 |
Filed: | December 20, 1993 |
Current U.S. Class: | 52/698; 52/410; 52/704; 411/163; 411/466 |
Intern'l Class: | F04B 001/38 |
Field of Search: | 52/295,292,410,411,413,698,704,489,293.3 411/461,466,161,163,107,457 |
277076 | May., 1883 | Stuart | 411/163. |
1791337 | Feb., 1931 | Wendell | 411/466. |
2895369 | Jul., 1959 | Andersen | 411/466. |
3212819 | Oct., 1965 | Churchill | 411/466. |
3270610 | Sep., 1966 | Knowlton | 138/96. |
3449997 | Aug., 1967 | Couch | 411/466. |
4531861 | Jul., 1985 | Kash | 52/704. |
4543763 | Oct., 1985 | Ernst et al. | 52/698. |
4787188 | Nov., 1988 | Murphy | 52/410. |
5063722 | Nov., 1991 | Hohmann | 411/457. |
5315800 | May., 1994 | Weber et al. | 52/698. |